[Python-ideas] A subclassing API for named tuples?

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:17:32 +1100
Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
> 
> class MyClassWithAnExtremelyLongName(
>          collections.namedtuple("Cheese",
>           ("cheddar swiss ricotta camembert gouda parmesan brie limburger havarti"
>            " danish_blue roquefort greek_feta provolone mozzarella edam maasdam"
>            " stilton wensleydale red_leicester american colby monterey_jack kapiti"
>            " casu_marzu")
>           )
>          ):
>      pass

I don't find that readable at all. Having many indentations in a
single declaration line makes things quite messy in my opinion, and
your important class declaration is now drowning in a sea of literals.

The equivalent __fields__ *would* be readable, if properly formatted.

Regards

Antoine.